Passing this on from . If you’re in grades 4-12, consider writing a letter to your favorite author, living or dead, about how their book changed your way of thinking about the world or themselves. According to The Center for …
I’ve been meaning to show off my irresistable kittens (well, at 9 months and a year old, they’re really just barely full-grown cats, I suppose), but I didn’t know how to embed a picture. But now I know–yay! So, if …
I’ve been quiet lately because I’ve been catching up. Between all the traveling in July and getting yet another sinus infection these last couple weeks, it feels like my overstuffed head can’t wrap around all I need to catch up …
Cheryl Klein from Scholastic just posted some really good advice on how to become a book editor. The only thing I’d add to the internship advice is that if you need to work your way through school, as I did, …
It’s not publishing related, but I couldn’t resist posting this: I turned the oven on 450 to preheat for my supper. Suddenly, smoke is coming out of the oven vent. Huh? What could be burning in an empty oven? I …
As I think I’ve said before, Harold Underdown’s site The Purple Crayon is a great resource for new and experience writers alike. He’s got everything under one roof, so to speak–both in articles to teach you and in links to …
I’m watching this really badly made and acted science fiction movie made in 1930 called Just Imagine. It goes forward 50 years to 1980 in New York, where everyone has a number instead of a name, and in proto-Jetson style, …
Just finished the final edit of the first book of the first series I ever acquired. Yay! Now it’s with the author for her final go-round, then it’s off to the copyeditor, and then it’s off to the proofreader, and …
Got bumped off my early morning flight and didn’t get out of San Diego till 3pm. At least I had time to return to the hotel and find my laptop cord, which I’d forgotten (yikes!). And even had time for …